thesmiths89

Not quite true though is it Evissy? Just like a few pages back when Shed Pensioner was saying no-one was suggesting Torres should be starting important games, then lo and behold, on the Tottenham match thread loads of people saying they hope he starts.
 
It is likewise for your "we want to see him gone" statement. Not true. I may do. You may do. But there are plenty who don't. See Andreas' post above for starters though he caveats it with the phrase "as back-up". Incidentally, I would ask what makes people think Torres would be prepared to be number 2 or 3 in the pecking order? Last season he ended up, quite rightly, playing second fiddle to Drogba and we found out how unhappy he was about it the moment the final whistle blew in Munich. What has changed? We know how mentally fragile he is. How quickly his head can drop, how quickly his body language can change. Do people really believe he will take a positive mental attitude to that? Do they believe he will be the sort to say; "righty oh, 2nd choice am I? Well I am gonna roll my sleeves up and show you lot". Past experience tells us, probably not. Meanwhile we have £50 million £200,000 a week player taking up a crucial squad place.
 
Your mistake is thinking my comments are biterness. Wrong. It isn't biterness Evissy, it's reality. I am glad he played well last night. TBH I really didn't care who scored last night so long as someone did, and he was that man, and a good finish too. But, as I said before, longterm, it doesn't change a thing. If we want to move forward as club and overtake the likes of United, Citeh, Bayern, Real etc. we need a genuine, consistent, top class centre-forward to do it. And unfortunately that is not................... Fernando Torres.

i agree that these are all major problems at the club. however with our very poor striking quality it was always going to be impossible to compete on any front. take the league we are 16 points behind man u, yet i feel its fair to say our keeper is better, defences are even and we have a stronger midfield in general. sorry to keep using man u as comparison but if you took individually one of these problems and gave it to man u which one would effect their league position most. i would suggest that with torres as their main striker they would at least 15 points worse off and seriously struggling with top 4.

FFS, he been here 2 full seasons now and winning a corner is what we have to brag about. 175k a week, 50 million pounds. f**k me